Renewable Energy Production Insurance Development (REPID)

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REPID is intended as a discussion Group for Brokers and Insurers alike to discuss the development of Insurance coverages for the new and innovative developments in the renewable energy production sector

Discussion Forum

with the amendment of the electrical feed in tarriffs that the Provincial Governments are offering to promote investment into renewable electricity production there is a flood of enterpeneurs looking…Continue

Derek< thank you for your comment and for joining the group, i hope we can generate a good interesting discussions on the topic, Canada seem to be leading the race in North America, its very exciting and i hope we can stretch the lead over our friends south of the boarder!

Wind energy is particularly of interest in southern Alberta. We could be in for a second boom for this source. The first being dominated by very large corporations. The second to be dominated by a much smaller scale. These discussions will prove very helpful and insightful for all.

We also have to educate the lenders and their agents to the ability of the insurance industry to respond to the transfer of risk that they, the lenders, expect and to set out the differences between what is an insurable event and what is a technology development or entrepenerial risk to the project, how do we achieve this process